The Dominion Lands Act of 1872, its amendments and regulations
set policy for how the Department of the Interior was
to administer the disposal of western and northern public lands
and resources. Homestead land, grants to veterans of the South
African War and World War One and the North West Métis Scrip
Commissions were some of the programs that came under this Act.
The names of those who were involved in these initial land transactions
are included in the Saskatchewan Homestead Index.